Hair curler



Nov. 14, 1939. F. AMICO I 2,180,187

HAIR CURLER Filed Sept. 15,1958

-- wax A I iNVENTOR Frank a ATTORNEY and other suitable qualities.

Patented Nov. 14, 1939 v PATENT OFFICE HAIR. CURLER I Frank Amico, Rochester, N. 'Y., assignor of onehalf to Frank Keiper, Rochester, N. Y.

Application September 15,1938. .Serial No. 230,049 3 Claims. (01. 132-33 The object of this invention is to provide a newand improved form of hair curler which is adapted to take hold of and curl a lock of hair.

Another object of the invention is to provide a hair curler that will support a curler or bobby pin in such manner that it is free from the curl as it is being formed, but will engage the curl and hold it in shape when the curl is removed from the hair curler.

Another object of my invention is to provide an improved hair curling device having a suitable extension for supporting a curling or bobby pin.

Another object of my invention is to provide a hair curling device having a forked end with a spring-pressed finger engaging in the forked end for the purpose of holding the end of a lock of hair therein.

These and other objects of the invention will be illustrated in'the drawing, described in the specification, and pointed out in the claims at the end thereof.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the hair curler.

Figure 2 is a, top plan view of the hair curler.

Figure 3 is a side elevation of the hair curler.

Figure 4 is a section on the line 4:1:4:z: of Figure 1.

Figure 5 is a section on the line 5.'r5a: of Figure 3.

In the drawing like reference numerals indicate like parts.

It is common practice for ladies and children to have their long hair curled, and for this purpose various devices have been devised by which a curl can be formed in a lock of hair. In using such devices it is common practice to wet or moisten the hair and curl the hair while it is damp or moist and leave the curl so formed until the hair dries out.

For the purpose of curling hair I provide a device, the stem or body of which is made of a single piece of wood or metal. Aluminum is preferred for this purpose because of its lightness The device is made with a handle I at one end and two prongs or tines of a fork 2 and 3 at the other end. These prongs are solid, as shown in section in Figure 4.

Between the tines or prongs of the fork a slot is formed which extends down to the point in of the pivot, to which arm is fastened a plate 8 which can bereadily pressed by the thumb for the purpose of raising the finger 5. On the handle I is fastened a spring 9, the free end of which bears against the under side of the arm land serves to "hold the finger in the position shown in Figure 3 engaged in the slot. By pressing on the thumb plate 8 the finger 5 can be raised to the dotted line position indicated in Figure l, and when the plate is released the spring. 9 reacts to return the finger 5 to the position shown in Figure 2. The finger 5 is made of a piece of wire, the diameter of which is slightly on top of the prongs and cannot pass down through the slot between the prongs.

On the end of the prong 2 is formed an extension l which is bent inwardly toward the longitudinal axis of the device. This extension has a cross section such as is shown in Figure and has a groove extending longitudinally on each side thereof from the outer end toward the base. This groove is adapted to receive the two ends and sides of a so-called bobby pin, and as shown in Figures 1, 2 and 3 the end of the prong 2 is provided with a hole or socket I2 with which one end of the bobby pin'engages and by which itis concealed-and protected. The other end of the bobby pin normally takes the position shown in Figure 2; namely, it is offset at a considerable anglefromthe extension and the prong which supports it.

In use, a bobby pin is placed on the extension as shown in Figures 1 and 2. The end of a lock of hair is then inserted in the slot, to permit which the finger 5 must be raised, as shown in dotted lines in Figure 1. The finger is then released and being spring-pressed it engages the lock of hair and holds it firmly in place. The device is then rotated-which causes the lock of hair tobe wound up on the barrel which is formed by the two prongs. As the barrel is about a half an inch in diameter it will be seen that about an inch'and a half of hair is wound on the device with each revolution. Before this is done, of course, the hair should be wet or moistened.

Whenthe hair is sufiiciently wound on the device, the finger 5 is raised as shown by dotted lines in Figure 1, and the curl is slid off from the barrel or forming surface of the device. When it is slid off from the barrel, it slides over the extension Ill and engages under the raised end ll of the bobby pin and carries the bobby pin off with it, with the result that one end of larger thanthe width of the slot, so that it rests the bobby pin is outside of the curl and the other end of the bobby pin is inside of the curl and between the two ends of the bobby pin the curl is firmly held in shape after it is removed from the curling device. kept in the curl until the hair dries, and thereafter the bobby pin may be removed at any time, and it will be found that the curl has taken a set that is sufiiciently permanent.

It will also be understood that the vends or prongs of the hobby pin are normally close to gether, and the extension H3 is so shaped that it holds the ends spread wide apart and will elevate the exposed end of the pin high aboveithe barrel of the hair curler, so that the pin will be in the best position to engage with the curl formed thereon when it is removed.

On the extension I I have added a plate 12 which bridges over the slot that receives the bobby pin, so that the pin is more firmly held in position thereon and will not move'when the curl is removed until the curl is fully engaged with the pin.

I claim:

1. In a hair curler, the combination of a handle, two solid prongs thereon with an open slot between them, a spring-pressed finger mounted on a pivot, said pivot being'transverse to the slot, said finger engaging with its free end in the slot between the two prongs and being adapted to fasten a lock of hair to the prongs so that the lock of hair can be wrapped on the prongs into The bobby pin should be a curl on the rotation of the curler, an extension on one of the prongs bent inwardly therefrom, said extension being capable of supporting a hairpin with its prongs on opposite sides thereof in such position that one of the prongs of the hairpin will project out rearwardly over one of the prongs and will engage over the curl formed on the curler as the curl is moved out over the extension. I

2. In a hair curler, the combination of a handle, two solid prongs thereon with an open slot between them, a spring-pressed finger having a between them, a spring-pressed finger having a ,free end that engages in the slot between the two prongs, said finger being mounted on an axis transverse to the prongs and swinging outside of the prongs, an extension on one of said prongs capable of carrying a hairpin thereon beyond the prong,.said extension being grooved on the opposite sides thereof to receive and firmly hold a hairpin with one end of the pin elevated at an angle over the outside of one of the prongs.

' FRANK AMICO. 

